He
is best known for his Ambrosia albums, including the hit single "How
Much I Feel", "Magical Mystery Tour" from the movie soundtrack
album All
This and WWII , gospel great Andrae Crouch and the Disciples albums plus
solo efforts for Dannibelle Hall and Billi Thedford. This led to his playing
an
important role in the birth of a new genre called Christian rock.
His
recordings for Chuck Girard, Randy Stonehill, Larry Norman, and Keith Green
done in the mid 70's are now considered classics, having laid the groundwork
for today's flourishing Christian market. Other album credits include artists
Tony Joe White (Polk Salad Annie ), Michael Nesmith and the one and only Andy
Williams . He contributed to projects for Joe Cocker, Styx, Melissa Manchester,
Debbie Boone, Staple Singer Members, and cartoon voice master Hal Smith. Tom
got to record the absolute cream of the crop studio musicians - Jim Keltner,
Jimmy Gordon, Klaus Voormann, Wilton Felder, Leon Russell, Joe Sample, Dean
Parks, Lee Ritenour, and Larry Carlton to name a few. And also had the unique
experience of co-recording albums with such engineer/producer legends as Andy
Johns, Larry Brown, and Alan Parsons . Tom, a musician and songwriter at heart,
closed that phase of his career by recording his own Trefethen album, featuring
many of the artists and players he had worked with over the years. His independent
project would see multi-country distribution (almost unheard of in the late
70's) receiving critical acclaim. Many in the industry today consider Trefethen
the birth of the Alternative Music movement.
